Test 4: musculoskeletal Flashcards
PRICEMmS: P
proprioception or balance exercises
PRICEMmS: R
rest, alteration of activity, use of crutches, progressive weight baring
PRICEMmS: I
Icing
PRICEMmS: C
Compression wrap or brace
PRICEMmS: M
Medication for analgesia
PRICEMmS: m
range of motion exercises
PRICEMmS: S
strengthening exercises, isometric or with movable resistance
PROCEMmS: E
elevation
waddells triade
Fracture femoral shaft
Intra thoracic or intra abdominal injuries
Contralateral head injury
5 ps for compartment syndrom
Pain and point of tenderness Pulse- distal to fracture site Pallor Paresthesia Paralysis
Id on pressure from the front the femoral head is felt to to lip out over the posterior lip of the acetabulum the hip is dais to be dislocated or unstable
Barlow test
If the femoral head can be felt to slip forward in to the acetabulum on pressure from behind it is dislocated
Positive Ortolani test
Clinical manifestations of DDH
Unequal leg length
Asymmetry of the thigh and gluteal folds
Limited abduction
abnormal gaits
avascular necrosis of femoral head
legg-calve-perthes disease